We are currently looking to recruit an Assistant Business Advisor who will work as part of the Employer Engagement Team supporting Bexley residents and students of the Learning and Enterprise College in developing employability skills, sourcing work experience placements and employment opportunities with local employers. This role will require providing a high level of admin support and interaction with employers to develop a good business base and providing support to recruitment processes such as arranging interviews and shortlisting applications as well as delivering group activities such as employability workshops or applications sessions.

The successful candidate will have:

Experience of working in a recruitment or careers advisory role supporting business to meet their recruitment needs

Ability to develop and maintain relationships with businesses

Communication skills using a range of methods to maintain engagement and progress clients in to sustainable employment

ICT skills including a good knowledge of Windows Office Suite packages together with an ability to understand and use a Database or Client Information Management System

Understanding of business skills shortages and barriers to employment for local people.

The Learning and Enterprise College is formed out of a merger of the Bexley Adult Education team and the Resources Plus employability support service. We offer a range of employability and training opportunities to support residence in to work or education. The college offers a syllabus that includes vocational and community learning courses as well as supported learning for residents with Special educational needs as well as a range of employability skills workshops and employment focused activities.

This post is considered by the authority to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English Language Requirement for Public Sector Workers. The council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.

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